Mr Frank McHenry, 56, of Torr Road, Ballycastle, was fined a total of £918 at Coleraine Magistrates' Court today for breaches of waste management legislation.

In June 2011, officers from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency carried out a site inspection on lands off the Glenshesk Road, Ballycastle, where they found an estimated 160 tonnes of controlled waste including tarmac, concrete, kerbstone, plastic, metal, polystyrene and electrical cable.

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Mr McHenry who owned the land at Glenshesk Road, pleaded guilty on 4 September to two charges of depositing controlled waste without there being in place an exemption or licence.

He was fined £500 and £418 respectively plus court costs of £82 and an offenders levy of £15.

At the same Court, two hauliers also pleaded guilty to depositing the waste on site. FP McCann Limited of 3 Drumard Road, Magherafelt, pleaded guilty to one charge of depositing controlled waste without there being in place an exemption or licence and was fined £500 plus court costs of £82 and an offenders levy of £15.

Cashel Haulage Limited of 7 Knockmore Crescent, Coleraine also pleaded guilty to one charge of depositing controlled waste without there being in place an exemption or licence and was fined £500 plus court costs of £82 and an offenders levy of £15.

(CD/JP)